Past events 2012

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January

Thursday 12 January 2012
Open Access: The New Future of Academic Publishing?
Panel Discussion, 6.30pm
Outputs: audio recording

Tuesday 24 January 2012
The Creative Process - A Multidisciplinary Examination (Sciences)
Panel Discussion, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording; presentation slides

Thursday 26 January 2012
The politics of the market after the crash
British Academy Forum, 12.30pm

Tuesday 31 January 2012
Democracy, the Market and Human Behaviour
Anglo-German Foundation Lecture, by Professor Carl Christian von Weizsäcker, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording; presentation slides; lecture text

February

Wednesday 8 February 2012
Why Dickens?
Professor John Carey FBA in conversation with Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recordings

Wednesday 15 February 2012
From Protestors to Government Partners: Chambers of Commerce 1767-2012
Panel Discussion, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording; presentation slides

Wednesday 22 February 2012
Raising household saving
Launch of a British Academy Policy Centre Report, 9.30am
Outputs: policy report

Wednesday 22 February 2012
The Creative Process - A Multidisciplinary Examination (Social Sciences)
Panel Discussion, 6.00pm
Ouputs: audio recording; presentation slides

Monday 27 February 2012
Foundations for the Future: Supporting the early careers of African researchers
Launch of a British Academy report, 5.30pm
Ouputs: report; audio recording

Tuesday 28 February 2012
Scotland and the United Kingdom
Conference, 10.30am-4.15pm

March

Wednesday 7 March 2012
Human Enhancement and the Future of Work
Joint Academies workshop, 9.30am

Thursday 8 March 2012
What it Means to be Human: New Perspectives on the Boundaries of Human Nature
Seminar, 2.00pm
Panel Discussion, 6.30pm (venue: Royal Society)

Thursday 8 March 2012
International Women's Day: Celebrating Women in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Panel Discussion, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recordings; presentation slides

Friday 9 March 2012
The Chinese Renaissance in Europe
Conference, 9.00am
Outputs: presentation slides

Wednesday 14 March 2012
Deadly Embrace: War, Distance and Intimacy
The British Academy Lecture, by Professor Derek Gregory FBA, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording; presentation slides

Thursday 22 March 2012
The Creative Process - A Multidisciplinary Examination (Arts and Humanities)
Panel Discussion, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording

Monday 26 March 2012
Quantitative Skills: Learning Lessons from Overseas
Conference

Tuesday 27 March 2012
Valuing the Year Abroad
Launch of British Academy position statement
Outputs: position statement

Wednesday 28 March 2012
An uncommon legacy? The 350th Anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer
Symposium, 10.45am-5.30pm

Thursday 29 March 2012
Measuring Success: League tables in the public sector
Launch of British Academy Policy Centre report, 4.00pm
Outputs: policy report

Thursday 29 to Friday 30 March 2012
Population Dynamics in East and South-East Asia
Joint British Academy/Royal Society conference

April

Monday 2 April 2012
Autism, Ethics and the Good Life
Conference, 9.30am-6.00pm (venue: Royal Society)

Wednesday 11 April 2012
What can liberals learn from conservatives about human nature?
Panel discussion, 6.30pm
Outputs: audio recording; presentation slides

Thursday 19 April 2012
Minority Legal Orders in the UK: Minorities, Pluralism and the Law
Launch of British Academy Policy Centre report, 6.00pm
Outputs: policy report

Thursday 19 & Friday 20 April 2012
Memory and Attention: Mechanisms of Maintenance and Selection
Conference, 9.00am-6.00pm
FULLY BOOKED

Wednesday 25 April 2012
Public service broadcasting's continued rude health
Panel discussion, 6.00pm
Outputs: policy report

Friday 27 April 2012
Climate Change Litigation, Policy and Mobilization
Panel Discussions, 2.00pm-5.30pm

Monday 30 April 2012
Ben Jonson: A Re-assessment
Panel Discussion, 6.00pm
FULLY BOOKED

May

Tuesday 1 May 2012
Shakespeare and the Reformation
British Academy Shakespeare Lecture, by Professor Brian Cummings, 6.00pm

Friday 11 May 2012
Language, Community, Identity
Panel Discussion, 4.15pm-6.00pm

Wednesday 16 May 2012
Nudging Citizens Towards Localism?
Launch of British Academy Policy Centre Report, 9.00am

Thursday 17 & Friday 18 May 2012
Modelling for Policy
Conference, 9.00am-5.00pm

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